Budy (pronounced Beauty) Jamilly Whitfield is a wife, mom, author, and career woman. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years experience in the field. Jamilly specializes in helping youth and adults address their complex trauma, abuse, mood disorders, parenting issues, and sexual exploitation. She has promoted resiliency in the lives of those she has served.
In 2012, at a routine doctor's appointment, her physician noticed some nodules in her thyroid that he felt needed to be assessed. With no history of thyroid issues, her medical team elected to monitor her nodules twice a year. In 2018, after an inconclusive biopsy, her physician ordered surgery. It was after that surgery that Budy was informed of her diagnosis: Thyroid Cancer. In her journey to heal, she activated survivor mode and began her battle to recover and deal with life without a thyroid.
In this episode, she chats with host, Dani, to discuss the similarities and differences in their experiences with Thyroid Cancer.
Since her diagnosis, Jamilly has launched her own podcast titled Beauteous Me and co-authored the book, We Heal, with a group of authors sharing their stories of healing.
